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ADOPTEE). ..MAY, 1858. 




SALEM: 

WILLIAM IVES AND GEORGE W. PEASE, PRINTERS. 

OBSERVER OFFICE. 

18 58. 



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City of Salem — School Department. 



RULES 



A^ ^-SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 



REGULATIONS OF TIE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 



ADOPTED, MAY, 1858. 



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SALEM: 

WILLIAM IVES AND GEORGE W. PEASE, PRINTERS; 

OBSERVEK OPFICE, 

1858. 









RULES 



BOAED OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 



CHAPTER I. 

Organization of the Board. 
Section 1. At all meetings of the Board of School Cora- rrcsidhig offi- 



. cer. 



mittee, the Mayor, -who shall be styled Chairman, shall, if 
present, preside ; and in his absence, the President of the 
Common Council, who shall be styled Vice Chairman, shall 
preside ; and in the absence of both, a chairman pro tempore 
shall be chosen. 

Sec. 2. The City clerk shall be Clerk, and the City Messen- cierk andMes- 
ger shall be Messenger, of the Board. 

Sec. 3. In addition to the above named officers there shall standing Com- 
be three Visiting Committees and an Executive Committee. 



CHAPTER II. 

Duties of Officers. 
Section 1. The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of )^"*!^^ °^ 

^ *= Chairman. 

the Board, shall receive all communications, and shall sign all 
documents, in their behalf. He shall be authorised to call 
special meetings of the Board, and shall be required to do so 
upon the request of any three members. He shall always call 



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Duties of the 
Clerk. 



Duties of the 
Messenger. 



a special meeting as soon as may be after the annual election of 
members, for the purpose of organization. 

The general powers and duties of the Chairman shall be the 
same as those of the President of the Common Council, as 
defined by the rules of that Board. 

Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the Clerk to keep a faithful 
record of all the votes and doings of the Board, to preserve 
files of all communications addressed to the Board, and of all 
Reports of Committees ; to notify all meetings of the Board, 
and of the several Committees, by causing a printed notification 
to be left by the Messenger at the residence of each member ; 
and to keep a separate record of all accounts passed by the 
Board. 

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Messenger to take charge 
of the room assigned to the Board in the City Hall ; to cause 
the same to be in readiness for meetings of the Board and of 
Committees ; to deliver all notifications, documents, and mes- 
sages ; and to perform all duties appropriate to his office, ac- 
cordingly as he may be directed by the Chairman, Clerk, or 
any member of the several Committees. 



CHAPTER III. 



Formation cf 
Visiting Com- 
mittees. 



Visiting Committees. 

Section 1. As soon as may be after the annual organiza- 
tion, the Board shall be divided into three Visiting Committees, 
■who shall be appointed by the Chairman, in such manner that 
each elective member of the Board may be a member of one of 
the Visiting Committees, and of not more than one. 

The First Visiting Committee shall consist of two or more 
members, who shall have charge of the Classical and High 
School. 

The Second Visiting Committee shall consist of seven 
or more members, who shall have charge of the Grammar 
Schools. 

The Third Visilinsr Committee shall consist of seven or 



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more members, who shall have charge of the Intermediate 
and Primary Schools. 

Sec. 2. The several Visitina; Committees, as soon as may l'i?aji:man of 

" . ' " Visiting Com- 

be after their appointment, shall elect Chairmen by ballot. mittees. 

Sec. 3. The members of the several Committees shall be Assignment of 

, members. 

assigned to their respective schools, by the Chairman of each 
Committee, at the time of organization. 

Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of each member to maintain a General Duties 

'' of members. 

constant oversight of the school or schools placed under his 
charge ; and for this purpose he shall visit the school or schools 
" at least once in each month without giving j)revioiis tiotice 
to the teacher" in conformity, to the law of the Commonwealth. 
The object of such visits shall be, to obtain a full knowledge of 
the organization of the schools, the state of discipline, the 
method of instruction, the condition of the school-houses, out- 
houses and fences, and generally of all causes in operation 
aiFecting the welfare of the schools, which deserve to be espec- 
ially noticed, either by way of praise or censure. He shall 
receive the semi-annual Returns of the Principal, and after 
examination of the same shall forward them to the Chairman 
of the Visiting Committee. He shall not be restricted to the 
schools under his special charge, but shall consider it his duty 
to visit other schools as his convenience may permit. 

It shall also be his duty to give his advice to the teachers 
in any emergency, to make careful inquiry into every case of 
misconduct formally reported by a Principal, and adjudge 
the penalty to which, in every such case, the offending scholar 
shall be subjected. 

It shall also be the duty of each member, in reference to the 
school or schools under his charge, to receive the complaints of 
parents, masters, or guardians against teachers for undue sever- 
ity or neglect in the treatment of scholars, and to present such 
complaint to the General Board, in writing, whenever he shall 
deem the same of sufficient importance to require investigation. 
In all cases his decision shall be subject to the revision of 
the Board, upon the application either of the parent, master, 
or guardian of the offending scholar, or of the teacher. 



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inations"'of*the ^^^' ^' '^^^ Chairmen of the several Visiting Committees 
Schools. shall appoint the Annual Examinations of the Schools under 

their care during the last month of the School Year ; and shall 
cause a printed notice of the time and place of each examina- 
tion to be given to every member of the Board, and to every 
member of the City Council ; and shall also cause an 
advertisement of the same to be inserted in the newspapers. 
The Chairmen shall attend these Examinations, when prac- 
ticable. 
Annual He- gEC. 6. The Chairmen of the several Visiting; Committees 

ports. ° 

shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, the Annual Reports 
upon the schools under their care, which Reports shall be laid 
before the Visiting Committees as soon as may be after the 
Examinations, for their approval ; and when approved, they 
shall be submitted to the Board. 
Duties of Vis- gEC. 7. It shall be the general duty of the several Visiting 

itmg Commit- o ./ o 

tees. Committees to prepare, and submit to the Board, Special Rules 

for the uniform instruction and discipline of the schools under 
their care ; to recommend Text-books and Studies ; to prescribe 
the form of Record Books to be used in the several schools ; 
and to decide upon the manner of conducting the Annual 
Examinations. 

Committees to g^c, 8. The Special committee of each school is authorised 

spend not over ^ 

^?lO. to expend a sum of money not to exceed ten dollars per annum, 

for incidental expenses of said school. 



CHAPTER IV. 

Executive Committee. 
Members of SECTION 1. The Executive Committee shall consist of the 

iixecutive 

Committee. Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board, and the Chairmen 
Duties ^^ ^^^ several Visiting Committees. The duties of the Exec- 

utive Committee shall be as follows : 
Semi-annual 1 rp^ prepare, and cause to be printed and distributed, 

and annual re- i i 3 1 ? 

turns and re- blank forms for the semi-annual Returns of the Principals, and 
to prepare the Annual Report and the Annual Return required 



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bj law to be transmitted to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. 

2. To consider and report upon the expediency of building ^'^^°°^^°^^'^^- 
new school-houses, and of altering or repairing those already 
built, and to superintend the erection of school-houses, and all 
special alterations and repairs which may be authorised by the 
Board. 

8. To provide for all slight repairs which may require ^'^^'^^^^'■y ^^^ 

■•■ . . penses. 

mmediate attention ; for the appointment of suitable persons 
to take charge of the school-houses at such rates of compensa- 
tion as shall be authorised by the Board ; for the supply of fuel 
and ink, and of the necessary articles of school furniture and 
stationery. 

4. To procure all such Books to be used in the schools as it^oo^^^. 
becomes necessary to furnish at the expense of the city. 

5. To receive and audit all accounts against the Board, and Accounts. 
to cause a roll of such accounts as may have been e^jamined ^ 
and approved by them to be laid before the Board<^ each ^ 
regular meeting. ;, j^^'':' 

6. To prepare and report estimates of all appropriations Approprjia- 
which may be required for the use of the .School Committee. 

and to present the same, when approved by the Board', for the 
consideration of the City Council. 

7. To decide upon the application of teachers and scholars 
to be relieved from the enforcement of the regulations in extra- 
ordinary cases, in which the application is accompanied by the 
recommendation of a member of a Visiting Committee. 

8. To devise and recommend, in their annual or special General duties, 
reports, all such measures as they shall deem adapted to 

promote the economy, efficiency, and advancement of the system 
of public instruction. 

Sec. 2. The Annual Report shall include all copies or Preparation of 
extracts of the Annual Reports of the Visiting Committees, iieport. 
with such omissions, and such additional statements, or remarks, 
as the Executive Committee may deem necessary, and shall, 
after being approved by the Board, be prepared in sufficient 
season to be duly transmitted to the Secretary of the Common- 
wealth. 

Sec. 3. The Executive Committee shall regularly meet Meetings. 



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once in each month, at such times as they shall appoint ; and 
shall hold special meetings whenever the Chairman, at his own 
instance, or upon the request of any member, shall direct the 
Clerk to notify the same ; and at all meetings the presence of 
three members shall be required to constitute a quorum. 



Regular Meet- 
ings. 



Quorum, 



Roll to be 
called. 



Questions of 
order. 



CHAPTER V. 

Meetings of the Board. 

Section 1. The Board shall meet regularly on the third 
Monday of every month, at such an hour as the Chairman shall 
appoint. 

One third of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the 
transaction of business. 

Sec. 2. At each meeting, the Board shall come to order 
precisely at the time appointed, when, after reading the record 
of the preceding meeting, the list of members shall be called 
by the Clerk, who shall record the names of the members 
present. 

Sec. 3. All questions of order which may arise, shall be 
decided in conformity to the rules and usages of the Common 
Council. 



Teachers to be 
chosen annual- 
ly by a majori- 
ty of votes. 



CHAPTER VI. 

Appointment of Teachers and their Salaries. 
Section 1. In July annually all the Teachers of the 
Public Schools shall be elected. The Principals of the Classi- 
cal and High and Grammar Schools shall be elected by ballot, 
and all other teachers shall be chosen on nomination of their 
respective Visiting Committees. A majority of the votes shall 
in all cases be necessary to a choice. 
Mode of choos- Sec. 2. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the oflBce of 
oTmghand^' Principal of the Classical and High School, or of a Grammar 
sch~ School, a person shall be elected by the Board, by ballot, to 



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fill the placo. For tliis purpose the Chairman of the appro- 
priate committee, in connection with the member having charge 
of the school in -which the vacancy occurs, shall report a 
candidate, or candidates, to the Board, after having made 
proper enquiries, in conformity with the law of the Common- 
wealth, concerning the fitness of the persons whose names are 
reported. They shall state also whatever they may have 
ascertained concerning the qualifications of the candidates. 
The Board shall then proceed to ballot, and a majority of votes 
shall be necessary to elect. 

Sec. 3. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the ofiice ofModeof choos- 
Principal of an Intermediate or Primary School, or in tliconntemiedi-^ 
office of Usher, Sub-Principal, or Assistant in any school, it rJe*s^^^dAsTis- 
shall be filled by vote of the Visiting Committee having: charge t^^^s in all the 

,,,'', , . ° o o schools. 

of the division of schools in which the vacancy exists. For 
this purpose, the Chairman of the Committee, in connection 
with the special committee of the school, and after advising 
with the Principal of the school, when the office to be filled is 
not that of Principal, shall propose a suitable candidate or 
candidates ; and a majority of votes shall be necessary to elect. 
But all such appointments shall be subject to approval by the 
Board. 

Sec. 4. The Chairmen of the several Visiting Committees Appointments 
shall record all appointments, with the terms thereof, and shall ^° ^^ '^^'^"'^ ^ ' 
also report the same to the Board at the next regular meeting. 

Sec. 5. The Instructors shall hold their offices for one Term of office, 
year, unless sooner removed by order of the Board. 

Sec. 6. The salaries of Instructors shall be fixed in April Salaries to be 
annually, when the Executive Committee shall recommend the ^^^'^ ^" ^" ' 
amount to he paid to each. 



CHAPTER VII. 

Supply or Books. 

Sec. 1. It being provided by the law of the Commonwealth Rcriuiremeni 
(Rev. Stat. Chap, xxiii. Sec. 18.) that '-the scholars at the ''^ ^''"'" 



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town schools shall be supplied by their parents, masters, or 
guardians, with the books prescribed for their classes," it shall 
be the duty of the teachers to direct the scholars, whenever 
they are in want of the requisite books, to make application 
therefor to their parents, masters, or guardians. 
Notification of Sec. 2. If any scholar, upon such application, shall not be 

patents who t i • , i . . , i • i 

neglect to pro- Supplied With the requisite books, the teacher shall forthwith 
cause to be delivered to the parent, master, or guardian of such 
scholar, a notification reciting the requirement of the law, and 
requesting the said parent, master or guardian, to furnish the 
books therein specified, or in default thereof, to present the 
notification to the member of the Visiting Committee having 
special charge of the school. 

Parent to cer- ggc. 3. If the parent, master, or guardian, shall plead 

tify inability. i • , , i i i i ' -r 

inability to comply with the law, and shall sign a certificate to 
that effect, the said member shall give an order to the teacher, 
to supply the scholars named in the notification with the books 
specified therein at the expense of the city. 
Contract with Sec. 4. The Executivo Committee shall make a -written 
contract Avith one or more booksellers for a supply of the books 
■which it may become necessary to furnish at the expense of the 
city — stipulating therein the prices of all the books required to 
be used in the several schools, and prescribing the form in 
which the accounts of the booksellers shall be kept and 
rendered. 
Record of Sec. 5. The teachers shall keep a record of all books 

nished. fumished to pupils at the expense of the city, specifying the 

names of the recipient, the parent, master or guardian, and the 
date of delivery; and shall furnish a copy of such record when 
requested by the Committee, or by the City Clerk, for the use 
of the City Assessors. 



EEGIJLATIONS OP THE SCHOOLS. 

CHAPTEU I. 

Organization, 

Section 1. Primaries and Intermediates. 1. The ^ge of pnpiis. 

Primary Schools shall receive such children, of not less than 

five years of age, as shall not be qualified to enter a higher 
school. 

2. The Intermediate Schools shall be devoted to such a Objects of in- 

termediates. 
thorough preparation of pupils as will enable them to pursue 

readily the proper studies of a Grammar School, and shall 
receive for this purpose the more advanced pupils from the 
Primaries, and others equally qualified. 

The course of instruction in these schools shall be a continu- 
ation of that prescribed for the Primaries, with particular 
regard to the requirements adopted for admission to the 
Grammar schools. 

3. Whenever it shall be deemed expedient, a Primary may Union of Tri- 
be united with an Intermediate School, under one Principal, tfinnediates. 
•who shall have the general direction of the whole, but shall 

give especial attention to instruction in the Intermediate 
department. 

Sec. 2. Grammar Schools. 1. The -Ben/%, ^^owne, studies of 
Epes^ Hacker, HigginsoJi, Phillips, and Pickering Schools, Schools, 
shall be regarded as Schools of the Second Grade, and shall be 
devoted to instruction in Spelling, Reading, Writing, Arithme- 
tic, English Grammar, Composition, Geography, and History. 



1-2 REGULATIONS. 

The elements of Geometry, Algebra, Book-Keeping,Physiologj, 
Moral Science, Drawing, and Vocal Music, may be taught at 
the option of the Visiting Committee. 

Girls' Schools. 2. The Bentley and Higginson Schools shall each be under 
the charge of a female Principal, a sub-principal, and Assist- 
ants, and shall receive girls only as pupils. 

Boys' Schools. 3, Q^he Phillips School shall be under the charge of a male 
Principal, two female sub-principals, and Assistants, and shall 
receive boys only. The Hacker school shall also receive boys 
only, and shall be under the charge of a male Principal "with 
female Assistants. 

Mixed Schools. 4_ rjij^g Browne, Epes, and Pickering Schools, each under 
charge of a male Principal and female Assistants, shall receive 
pupils of both sexes. 

QuaMcations 5^ -^^^ admission into these schools the pupil shall be 

tor admission -r r 

to Grammar required to read at first sight easy prose ; to spell common 
■words of one, two, or three syllables ; to distmguish the several 
marks of punctuation by their respective names, and to have a 
general idea of their use ; to perform mentally such simple 
operations in Arithmetic as are contained in the first hundred 
pages of " Colburn's First Lessons ;" to answer readily to any 
proposed combination of the Multiplication Table, in which 
neither factor exceeds ten ; to read and write Arabic numbers 
containing three figures, and the Roman numerals as far as the 
sign for one hundred ; to pass a satisfactory Examination in 
Primary Geography ; to enunciate clearly and accurately 
the elementary sounds of our language, and to understand the 
first principles of Penmanship. 

Pupils from Private Schools shall be received upon the 
same conditions with those from the Public Schools. 

Examinations, rpj^g examination of candidates for admission shall take 
place on the Monday following the annual Thanksgiving Day ; 
but applicants may be admitted at any other time if they were 
unable to attend the regular examination, and are qualified to 
join one of the classes. 

Records of Q^ Pupils in the higher classes of the Grammar'jSchools, 

standing. . t j 

shall be furnished, once a month, Avith an abstract of the record 
of their standing in studies and deportment, which shall be 



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made up by the Teacher in accordance "with a form to be pre- 
scribed by the Second Visiting Committee. 

Sec. 3. Classical and High School. 1. The Classical First grade, 
and High School shall be regarded as the school of the First 
Grade, and shall be devoted to the instruction of both sexes in 
such higher branches of study as can be conveniently pursued, 
during a term of three years, after the completion of the 
studies required in the Grammar Schools. A department 
devoted to the preparation of pupils for college, but open to 
scholars who have no such intention, shall be permanently con- 
nected with this Institution. 

2. There shall be an Annual Examination for admission to Mode of ad- 
the school on the Monday following the annual Thanksgiving High sciiooL 
Day, and a supplementary examination on the Thursday 
following, for the benefit of those who for any good reason 

may fail to do themselves justice at the earlier trial. 

3. The Examination shall consist of oral exercises in Rcqinrcments 
Spelling, Reading and Parsing — including the theory of Punc- 
tuation, and of written answers to questions which shall be 
submitted at the time in Arithmetic, English Grammar, 

Modern Geography, and the History of the United States ; 
and the same shall be conducted by the Principal and his 
associates, assisted by the Special Committee. 

No candidate under twelve years of age shall be allowed to 
apply, nor shall any candidate be received without a written 
certificate of good moral character and of creditable rank from 
his or her last Teacher or Teachers — who shall also signify their 
opinion, that the pupil thus applying is reasonably well-qualified 
for admission to the School ; and all candidates who are gradu- 
ates of the public Grammar Schools, shall present abstracts of 
the record of their standing in said schools. 

Pupils from Private Schools may also become candidates 
upon the same terms and conditions with those from the Public 
Schools. 

No candidate shall be examined, who does not intend to 
enter if found qualified to do so. 

All children admitted shall be regarded as on probation Matriculation, 
for the space of three months, after which, if their deportment 



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REGULATIONS. 



Classes. 



Course of 
study. 



Discipline. 



Diplomas. 



Officers. 



and proficiency are approved, they shall be duly enrolled on the 
Register of the School. 

4. The School shall be divided into three distinct forms, 
to be denominated respectively the Junior, the Middle, and the 
Senior Classes. The course of study for each class shall 
continue for the space of a year, ending with the Annual 
Examination in November. 

5. The regular studies prescribed shall include Reading 
and Grammar, Rhetoric "with exercises in Composition, Geogra- 
phy and History, Natural History, Chemistry and Natural 
Philosophy, Algebra, Geometry, Book Keeping and Practical 
Mathematics, Political, Intellectual and Moral Science, the 
Latin and French languages, together with linear Drawing and 
Penmanship. Lessons in Elocution shall be given from time 
to time to the boys under instruction. Pupils preparing for 
College shall be excused from such studies as they may af- 
terwards pursue in their collegiate course, if their parents or 
guardians shall so request, 

6. If at the close of a term, it shall appear that any pupils 
from deficiency in their studies are disqualified, in the judg- 
ment of the Principal and Committee, from continuing in their 
classes, they may be transferred to a lower form or returned 
to the Grammar Schools. 

7. Every pupil, who shall have regularly completed the 
prescribed Course of Study, shall be entitled to a Diploma at 
the time of graduation. 

8. The ofiicers of this school shall consist of a Principal. 
an Usher, and four Female Assistants. 



CHAPTER IL 

The School Yeak, School Hours, Vacations, Holi- 
days, &c. 

School Year. SECTION 1. The School Year shall be divided into two 
terms, the first commencing on the Monday following the 
annual Thanksgiving Day, and concluding on the Saturday 



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preceding the last Wednesday in May ; the second commencing 
on the Monday following the last Wednesday of May, and con- 
cluding on the Saturday preceding the annual Thanksgiving 
Day. 

Sec 2. From April 1st to October 1st, the school exercises School iioms. 
shall be commenced in the forenoon at 8 o'clock and be con- 
cluded at 11 o'clock. From October 1st to April 1st, they 
shall be commenced at 9 o'clock and be concluded at 12 o'clock. 
The afternoon exercises shall be commenced at 2 o'clock and 
be concluded at 5 o'clock throughout the year, except between 
November 1st and March 1st, when they shall be concluded at 
4| o'clock. 

Sec. 3. The regular Vacations of all the schools shall be Vacations, 
as follows, viz : — The week commencing with the first Monday 
in March ; the week including the last Wednesday of May; 
four weeks commencing with the first Monday in August ; and 
the Aveek including the annual Thanksgiving day. 

Sec. 4. The following Holidays shall be allowed, viz : — Holidays. 
Wednesday and Saturday afternoons, 22d of February, Fast 
Day, ]\Iay Day, 4th of July and Christmas Day. 

Sec. 5. No other than the regular Vacations and Holidays Same, 
shall be allowed, except on public occasions, by special permission 
of the Chairman, or by direction of the Executive Committee. 

Sec. 6. There shall be a recess of fifteen minutes at theK.ecess. 
middle of each half day's session of the schools. 

Sec. 7. Whenever it shall seem proper on account of the double ses- 
extreme severity of the weather,* the Principal of any school 
may hold only one session, to continue for five hours, instead 
of the two usual sessions of the day. 

Sec. 8. Teachers are expected to be at their posts at least Teachers to be 

, „ ^ . „ . 1 . , present ten 

ten mmutes bet ore the time lor commencmg the exercises, and minutes before 
the strictest punctuality is required in this respect, as an^ '^ ^°""^' 
incentive to promptness on the part of the pupils. 

Sec. 9. Teachers are authorised to detain their pupils detention af- 
beyond the regular school hours, for the purpose of discipline, 
or of additional instruction, especially in the case of omitted or 
imperfect lessons. 



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REGULATIONS. 



CHAPTER III. 



Opening Exer- 
cises. 



General duty 
of Teachers. 



Absence and 
tardiness. 



Kind discipline 
required. 



Exclusion of 
pupils for mis- 
conduct. 



Discipline of the Schools — Duties of Teachees. 

Section 1. All the schools shall be opened in the morning 
by reading a portion of the Bible, which, it is recommended, 
should be accompanied by repeating the Lord's prayer. 

Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of all teachers, in obedience 
to the law of the Commonwealth, " to exert their best endeav- 
ors, to impress upon the minds of children and youth, com- 
mitted to their care and instruction, the principles of piety, 
justice, and a sacred regard to truth, love to their country, 
humanity and universal benevolence, sobriety, industry, and 
frugality, chastity, moderation, and temperance, and those other 
virtues, which are the ornament of human society, and the basis 
on which a republican constitution is founded ; and it shall be the 
duty of such instructors to endeavor to lead their pupils, as 
their ages and capacities will admit, into a clear understanding 
of the tendency of the above mentioned virtues to preserve and 
perfect a republican constitution, and secure the blessings of 
liberty, as well as to promote their future happiness, and also 
to point out to them the evil tendency of the opposite vices." 

Sec. 3. As punctuality of attendance is indispensable to the 
success of a school, it is important to maintain the principle 
that necessity alone can justify absence or tardiness. Sickness, 
domestic affliction, and necessary absence from town, are 
-regarded as the only legitimate causes of absence. 

In every instance of absence or tardiness a written excuse or 
personal explanation, stating the cause thereof, shall be required 
of the parent, master, or guardian. 

Sec 4. The discipline to be maintained in the schools, 
shall, as far as may be, be such as is exercised by a kind, 
judicious, and faithful parent in his family ; and corporal 
punishment shall be avoided except in cases in which it is 
rendered absolutely necessary. 

Sec. 5. For violent or continued opposition to author- 
ity, or for setting at defiance any of the regulations, the 
Principal may exclude a scholar, for the time being, from 
school, and report the case forthwith to the Special Committee 



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having care of the school, for advice and direction. When the 
example of any pupil is very injurious, and, m all cases where 
reformation appears hopeless, it shall be the duty of the Prin- 
cipal, with the approbation of the said Committee, to suspend 
or expel such pupil from the school. But any child, under this 
public censure, who shall have expressed his regret for his folly 
or indiscretion, as openly and explicitly as, in the opinion 
of the Committee, the nature of the case may require, and 
shall have given satisfactory evidence of amendment, and 
whose parents or guardian shall have promised their co-opera- 
tion in the due enforcement of all the regulations, shall, with 
the previous consent of said Committee, be reinstated in the 
privileges of the school. No pupil shall be admitted to the 
privileges of one school, who has been expelled from another, 
or while under sentence of suspension, unless by a vote of the 
Board. To promote the well-being of their pupils, it shall be 
the duty of the Teachers, as far as it is practicable, to exercise 
a general inspection over them, as well out of school, as within 
its walls. 

Sec. 6. No scholar shall be transferred from one school to Hemovai from 
another of the same grade, except on account of a change of 
residence, and in such case a certificate shall be furnished by 
the Principal of the school which such scholar had attended, 
stating the cause of the transfer, and the standing of the 
scholar as presented upon the Register ; and upon the present- 
ation of such certificate, such scholar shall be received into the 
school situated in the district in which he or she may then 
reside, and shall be admitted to that standing in such school 
which he or she shall be found to sustain. 

No application for admission to any school other than that 
in the district where the child resides shall be granted, unless 
the same be approved by the appropriate Visiting Committee. 

Sec. 7. No child shall be admitted into, or allowed to re- Vaccination. 
main in, any school without a certificate from a physician, or 
other satisfactory evidence, that such child has been vaccinated 
or otherwise secured against the Small Pox. 

Sec. 8. Teachers shall have a general oversight of thecare of build- 
school-houses, out-buildings, grounds, &c. : and shall give^°°^' '■^*^- 



Tardiness and 
absence. 



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immediate notice to the Chairman o.f the Visiting Committee, 
whenever any injuries have been committed, or repairs are 
needed. The pupils shall be held responsible for any damage 
they may do to the school buildings or the grounds. 

Sec. 9. The Teachers of all the schools shall be required 
to keep a correct record of tardiness and absence in their 
respective schools. 

other^r^'o^i^s ^^^' ^^' ^^ evcry school the Register prescribed by the law 
of the Commonwealth shall be faithfully kept, together with 
all such Class Books and other Records as may be prescribed 
by the Visiting Committee. 

Record of cor- g^c. H. In each school shall be kept a Record in which 

poral punish- _ ^ 

ments. every case of Corporal Punishment shall be entered, with the 

pupil's name, the offence, the date, the mode and degree of 
punishment ; and such record shall be subject to inspection by 
members of the Committee only. It shall be preserved until 
the Committee otherwise order, and an abstract thereof shall 
be included in the semi-annual return. 

Semi-annual gEc. 12. At the close of each term the Principal of each 

Keturns. '^ 

school shall carefully fill up a semi-annual Return, of which a 
blank form shall have been furnished by the Executive Com- 
mittee, and shall deliver the same to the member of the Visit- 
ing Committee having special charge of the school, on or before 
the day immediately succeeding the close of each term. 
Sub-principals Sec. 13. The sub-Principals and Assistants in each school 
subordinate to shall be undcr the direction of the Principal, with whom they 
rincipa . ^-^qW co-operato in all things pertaining to the discipline and 
instruction of the school. Each assistant shall be responsible 
for the order and instruction of her own division, ,and shall 
discipline her own pupils except in extreme cases of disorder. 
Absence of Sec. 14. No teacher shall be absent during school hours, or 

employ any substitute, except with the approbation of the 
Special Committee of the school. 
Sales by teach- Sec. 15. The Sale of books or other articles, within the 
school buildings, by the teacher to the pupils, is expressly 
forbidden. 
Book agents Sec. 16. No agent, or other person, shall be permitted to 
tfons.^ ''"^ enter any school for the purpose of exhibiting, either to teacher 



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or pupils, any new book or article of apparatus ; nor shall 
subscriptions or contributions, for any purpose whatever, be 
permitted in any public school, without the approval of the 
Special Committee. 

Sec. 17. No text book shall be used, in any school, unless Text books not 

to be used 

the same shall have been approved by the appropriate Visiting without per- 
Committee, and also ordered or permitted to be used by a vote "^^^^^°"* 
of the Board. 



AMENDMENTS. 

All propositions involving a change in these Rules and 
Regulations shall be referred to the appropriate Committee, 
or to a Special Committee, to consider and report thereon. 



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INDEX. 



Page. 
Absence - - - 16, 18 

Accounts - - - 7 

Age of Pupils - - 11,13,16,17 

Amendments - - - 19 

Annual Examinations - 6, 12, 13 

Annual Reports - - 6, 7 

Appointment of Teachers - 8, 9 

Appropriations - - 7 

Assignment of Members - 5 

Books, supply of - - ", 9, 10 

Book-Agents, subscriptions, &c. } -.^ 

prohibited 5 ''■^ 

Buildings, &c., oversight of - 5, 7, 17 
Chairman - - 3, 4, 6, 8, 15 

Chairman of Visiting Com- < j^ (^ r o ir 
mittees ^ *' ^' "' "^' ^° 

Classical and High School - 13 

Classification - • 14 

Clerk - - 3, 4, 8, 10 

College, preparation for - 13, 14 

Complaints against Teachers - 5 

Corporal Punishment - 16, 18 

Detention of Pupils - - 15 

Diplomas - - 14 

Discipline - - 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 

Duties of Executive Committee 6 

Duties of Members - -5,10 

Examinations - - 6, 12, 13 

Exclusion from School - - 16 

Executive Committee 3, 6, 9, 10, 15, 18 
Expenses 

General powers of Visiting Com- 
mittees 

Grammar Schools - - 11 

Intermediate Schools - 11 

Matriculation - - 13 



6,7 
6 



Messenger 
Meetings 

Misconduct of Pupils 
Morning Exercises 
Organization of Board 
Organization of Schools 
Primary Schools 
Private Schools 
Pupils 



Page. 

3, 4 

4, 7, 8 

17 

15 

3, 4 

11, 12, 13, 14 

11 

12, 13 

9, 11, 12, 13, 17, IS 



Qualifications of Pupils 11, 12, 13, 17 

Questions of Order - - 8 

Quorum - - 8 

•Record Books to be kept 
Regular Meetings 
Salaries of Teachers 
School Districts 
School Houses, erection and I 



repair of 
School Year, hours, &c. 
Schools to be visited 
Scriptures, reading of 
Semi-Annual Returns - 



s 



6, 10, 12, 18 

8 

9 

17 

7 



Special Committees 



14, 15 

5 

- 15 

- 5, 6, 18 
6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 
16, 17, 18, 19 
Special Meetings of the Board 3 

Special Rules of Visiting Committees 6 
Supplies - - - 7 

Tardiness - - 16, 18 

Teachers, duties and 

powers of 

Terms - - - 13 

Text Books and Studies 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19 
Transfer of Pupils - - 17 

Vacations and Holidays - - 15 

Vaccination - - 17 

Visiting Committees P' ^i^^ig'^'ig' ^^' 



1 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18 



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